The owner of the Swiss ski resort bar, Le Constellation, has been arrested by Swiss authorities, according to local media, as a national day of mourning was held for the 40 people who died in a fire there on New Year’s Eve.
German media organisation Blick reported that Jaques Moretti was detained on Friday, after a judge ruled he represented a flight risk on account of his French citizenship and France’s longstanding policy to not extradite its own citizens.
His wife, who co-owned the bar, issued a statement to reporters outside the court in the Swiss town of Sion, apologising to the victims of the fire.
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